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UN alarm as M23 rebel group closes in on Goma in eastern DRC

UN alarm as M23 rebel group closes in on Goma in eastern DRC

Rebel group’s advance has had a devastating toll on the civilian population, UN secretary general says

António Guterres has voiced alarm over the M23 rebel group’s advance towards eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s largest city in a renewed insurgency that has displaced more than 178,000 people in the past two weeks.

In a statement though his spokesperson, the United Nations secretary general said M23’s advance had had a devastating toll on the civilian population and heightened the risk of a broader regional war.

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